28) Amedeo Preziosi (December 2, 1816 - September 27, 1882)

Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Rayemundus Andreas Preziosi came to Romania (the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia) in June 1868 and began drawing scenes from Bucharest as well as several others across the country, including a few which depict Prince Carol I. The sketches he draw were later turned into watercolours in his workshop in Istanbul, which he would then sell to the Prince of Romania for prices ranging from 300 to 1200 Franks. The following year, between May 30 and July 15, Preziosi spent time again in Romania, his drawings, in pencil, ink and watercolours are found in a sketchbook La Valachie par Preziosi, now found at the Municipal Museum in Bucharest.

After his death, his works were forgotten for decades. In Bucharest, his works were presented again to the public in 1934, and in 1985, some of his works were displayed in an exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum dedicated to him and in 2003, an exhibition of his works in Bucharest was organized by the Museum of Bucharest.